Company :Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area :Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary :

- We are looking for a highly skilled and experienced staff Engineer. This role is ideal for a hands-on technical leader who thrives at the intersection of hardware and software, and is passionate about building robust, scalable, and high-performance Linux platforms for data center and cloud infrastructure. _
- You will play a critical role in defining kernel architecture, enabling new hardware features, and ensuring compliance with industry standards such as Arm SystemReady SR, BSA, SBSA, and BBR. _

Key Responsibilities

- Will be part of architecture and development of Linux kernel features for Armv8/v9-based server SoCs.
- Drive upstream contributions to the mainline Linux kernel, ensuring long-term maintainability and community alignment.
- Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and platform teams to enable new SoC features (e.g., RAS, SMMU, GIC, ACPI).
- Develop and maintain kernel drivers, subsystems, and board support packages (BSPs).
- _Guide the integration of compliance test suites such _as FWTS, BSA-ACS, SBSA-ACS, and SystemReady SR validation tools.
- Lead kernel bring-up on new silicon and virtual platforms
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical reviews, design documentation, and architectural decisions
- Represent the company in open-source communities and industry working groups

Required Qualifications

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- 10+ years of experience in Linux kernel development, with a strong focus on Arm architecture.
- Deep understanding of kernel subsystems such as memory management, scheduler, device drivers,



power management, and interrupt handling.
- Proven experience in upstreaming patches and working with the Linux kernel community.
- Familiarity with server-class SoC features: NUMA, RAS, ACPI, PCIe, CXL, and secure boot.
- Experience with platform enablement and compliance validation (e.g., SystemReady SR, FWTS, ACS).
- Solid debugging skills using tools like ftrace, perf, kgdb, crash, and kernel logs.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with virtualization (KVM, Xen) and container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
- Contributions to open-source projects or maintainership of kernel subsystems.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines for kernel testing and validation.
- Knowledge of firmware interfaces (UEFI, ACPI, Devicetree) and bootloaders (U-Boot, EDK2).

Minimum Qualifications :

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

- 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

📌 Senior Staff Engineer (Hyderabad)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 Hyderabad